Baseball: Thunder trip Rogers 5-4 in 8 innings

Kyle Connelly scored the tying run, knocked in the go-ahead runs and got the win in relief as Zimmerman edged Rogers 5-4 on Monday in Rogers.
Alex Borchard pitched six solid innings, allowing three runs, and knocked in Connelly from second base with a two-out single in the top of the seventh to knot the score 4-4.

Connelly pitched a scoreless seventh, delivered a two-run, bases-loaded single in the eighth. He gave up an unearned run in the last of the seventh, holding the lead. He was 2-for-5 at the plate and pitched two hitless innings with two strikeouts.

Tony Obinger had a single and three walks, Evan Bye a single and two walks (scoring twice) and Cullen Sroka was 2-for-4.